Hand washer for clothes



March 20, 1928. 1,663,109

A. B. BRADLEY HAND WASHER FOR dno'mm Filed Feb. 11. 1927 44270 rages,

Patented Mar. 20, 1928.

ADDISON B. BRADLEY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

HAND WASHER non CLOTHES.

Application filed Februaryll, 1927. Serial No. 167,449.

This invention relates to a device which will be particularly adaptedfor washing wrist bands, neck-bands, and the worst soiled portions ofclothes to be laundered, by gathering and holding those parts of thegarment in favorable position in one hand, while rubbing and scrubbingthem with my invention, held in the other hand.

The object of the invention is to provide a scrubbing device which willhold the suds and water from splashing away and force it back and forthin every direction with more or less suction to loosen and remove theadherent dirt.

Another object is to provide a metal scrub her that will be light,durable, and inexpen- 'sive to make; hollow so it will float in waterand be light to carry; and easily wiped dry after use, making aconvenient article for travellers to carry with them in a handbag and touse for light washing in hotel rooms.

I accomplish the above, and other objects which will hereinafter appear,by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing,in

which- Fig. 1, is a view in side elevation, and partial section on theline 11 of Fig. 3 of my invention.

Fig. 2, is a top plan view of the same, and

Fig. 3, is an underside view.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views ofthe drawing.

The washer is preferably spun out of two sheets of aluminum, that metalbeing desirable .on account of its light weight and noncorrosiveness.The lower portion has cylindrical sides 4, with an outturned top flange5 the purpose of which will presently be ex plained. The bottom of thislower portion is the rubbing surface and is formed by a series ofconcentric corrugations into annular ribs 6.

The upper portion of the washer comprises a hollow knob-like formationso reduced in diameter from the above described lowerportion as to beconveniently grasped in a womans hand, with the thumb and fingersentering a channel 7 and the cap 8 of the knob bearing against the palmof the hand. 7

The channel 7 iscontinued to form a flat ring 9 which terminateswith adown-turned marginal flange shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, which isturned in after the assem-.

bly of the upper and lower portions, with the flange 5 against the ring9, to' form a lock-seam as shown, which permanently unites the upper andlower portions of the erally by being held in the channels between theribs and is dashed back and forth through the fabric. A suction actionis developed by the channels and particularly by the central cavity 10,with the result, altogether, that the part being scrubbed is rapidlycleaned.

The invention is very efficient for washing the most soiled placespreliminary to subjecting the garment as a whole to the action of theusual washing machine.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and wish tosecure by Letters Patent is A clothes washer comprising two cup shapedmetal members with adjacent rims lock-seamed together, one of saidmembers being formed for convenient grasp and firm hold by the hand ofthe user and the other member having a rubbing surface with a centraldepression and a series of corrugations concentric with said depressionforming annular ribs extending from the depression to the outside limitsof the rubbing surface.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ADDISON B. BRADLEY.

